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ng, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property, etc. Upon an hard adventure yet in quest. Spenser. Cease your quest of love. Shak. There ended was his quest, there ceased his care. Milton.

One who undertakes a quest; a seeker. [Obs.] Shak.

One who seeks; a seeker. [Obs.]

The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer.

The state or condition of being questionable. Stallo.

Admitting of being questioned; inviting, or seeming to invite, inquiry. [R.] Thou com'st in such a questionable shape That I will speak to thee. Shak.

The quality or state of being questionable, doubtful, or suspicious.

In a questionable manner.

Inquiring; asking questions; testing. "Questionary epistles." Pope.

One who asks questions; an inquirer. "Little time for idle questioners." Tennyson.

A questioner; an inquirer. [Obs.]

Unquestioning; incurious. [R.]

= Questionary, above.

One legally empowered to make quest of certain matters, esp. of abuses of weights and measures. Specifically:

One who lays informations, and encourages petty lawsuits. [Obs.] Bacon.

An officer who had the management of the public treasure; a receiver of taxes, tribute, etc.; treasurer of state. [Written also quæstor.]

The office, or the term of office, of a questor.

A seeker; a pursuer. [Obs.] "Hot questrists after him." Shak.

One employed to collect profits. [R.] "The pope's questuaries." Jer. Taylor.

Acquisition; the thing gained. [R.] Bacon.